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Venkatesh RC

Chennai

Summary

Results-driven Senior Specialist with extensive experience at Maersk India Pvt Ltd, specializing in compliance risk monitoring and stakeholder reporting. Proven ability in risk evaluation and process optimization, leading to significant enhancements in operational compliance. Exceptional teamwork and collaboration skills, contributing to the improvement of vendor management processes.

Overview

13
13
years of professional experience

Work History

Senior Specialist

Maersk India Pvt Ltd
Chennai
11.2011 - Current

Core Responsibilities:

  • Responsible for compliance risk monitoring and testing on compliance policies in the P2P process.
  • Risk Control Self-Assessment (RCSA) sessions offer review, guidance, and controls to the operations on managing relevant core compliance risks.
  • Assessing the core compliance risk on all the operational incidents to strengthen the existing controls.
  • Conducting periodic reviews and validating the monitoring and testing of business controls across the PTP process, and reporting to stakeholders.
  • Providing oversight over the effectiveness of control activities to provide reasonable assurance that the first and second lines of defense internal controls are designed and operating effectively to meet Compliance Policy Requirements.
  • Escalates any significant compliance risks, emerging issues, and trends to the Global Process Lead and Risk and Compliance Committee as appropriate.

Additional responsibilities:

  • Coordinating with local procurement and FBPs for incident management.
  • Uncleared payments reconciliation and dashboard.
  • Business Validator for NFTP S/4HANA implementation.
  • Vendor statement reconciliation and dispute handling.
  • Monthly inventory management.

Education

Bachelor of Commerce -

Guru Nanak College
Chennai
05-2010

Higher Secondary - Commerce

Grace Matriculation Higher Secondary School
Chennai
05-2007

Skills

  • Compliance Performance Evaluation
  • Risk Evaluation
  • Incident management
  • Control validation
  • Stakeholder Performance Reporting
  • Data Interpretation
  • Vendor relations
  • Process optimization
  • Teamwork and collaboration
  • Vendor management

Affiliations

  • As an SME driven the initiative for Straight Through Process (STP), which automates the posting of invoices without manual intervention from invoice reception to payment to vendor.
  • Introduced dispute tracker to track cost savings, prevent cost leakages and increase the percentage of PNOQ (Pay now or query compliance).
  • Quick win for periodic validations of vendor contracts to ensure system is updated with correct rate that can avoid dispute arising for rate mismatch.

Languages

Tamil
First Language
English
Proficient (C2)
C2

Accomplishments

  • Extra Miler and Star Award received during the year (Maersk)
  • Consistent Top Performer on STP and productivity with 100% accuracy and quality.
  • Got appreciated by Leadership Team on Cost Saving of $500K during the year.

Timeline

Senior Specialist

Maersk India Pvt Ltd
11.2011 - Current

Bachelor of Commerce -

Guru Nanak College

Higher Secondary - Commerce

Grace Matriculation Higher Secondary School
Venkatesh RC